The several figures in the distance were in the midst of a rapid pursuit after Deng Sanxi when, suddenly, a streak of golden radiance shot directly toward their faces, causing everyone's pupils to dilate instantly and every hair on their bodies to stand on end.
"Not good."
Before they could even finish uttering those two words, they were engulfed by the radiance.
Boom--!
The next moment, a heaven-shaking roar echoed as the jungle violently trembled, startling countless birds and beasts that scrambled to flee in all directions.
Deng Sanxi was also blasted flying by the shockwave, tumbling over and over on the ground several times before finally coming to a halt, after which he stared blankly at everything before him with a bewildered expression.
"W-What just happened?"
Just as he was filled with doubt, Lu Wangchuan had already appeared quietly with his hands clasped behind his back.
"Brother Deng, long time no see."
Upon seeing Lu Wangchuan, Deng Sanxi was stunned for a moment. After a long while, he finally experienced a sudden realization and spoke with a trace of astonishment:
"Y-You are Brother Jingchuan?"
Back then Lu Wangchuan had used an alias rather than his real name, which was why Deng Sanxi only knew him by that name.
"Precisely."
Seeing Lu Wangchuan admit it in person, Deng Sanxi gasped in endless wonder.
"Who would have thought that after a few years apart, you would change so much."
When Lu Wangchuan went to the canyon to slay the Black Scale Python, he was merely a paltry seventeen years old, but now he was well over twenty-three. In five years, many things had changed.
It was not merely a change in physical appearance, but most importantly, his aura!
The aura of a Transcending Spirit Realm expert was countless times stronger than